Motorcycle Stuff
Background BMW is inextricably linked to the two-cylinder boxer, but not many people know that this type of engine had actually been patented by Karl Benz – yes, precisely that of Mercedes-Benz – in 1896 and was already quite widespread in the two-wheel sector well before […]
In the last twenty-five years, I have driven every BMW R-series that has been on the market. As it is well known, these are the models equipped with the boxer two cylinders engine, a real trademark of the German company, produced in its ever more advanced […]
German manufacturers know how to do many things very well. One of these consists in evolving a model for decades, keeping the archetypal characteristics of the parent model intact. A 2024 Golf is undoubtedly related to the first Golf from 1971, despite being very different from […]
The rediscovered DNA Premise To be honest, I was not a Guzzi lover. I have obviously known the Mandello manufacturer for a lifetime―I even drove past it last summer―and I have always vaguely known that it is a manufacturer with a great past and a present […]
Purebred Horse Intro It was April 2007 when BMW, the Bavarian manufacturer known for its touring bikes powered by boxer engines, announced that it would participate in the Superbike championship. It sounded more like a joke, but the Germans who had uttered it were very serious; […]
Intro When I tested the BMW S1000XR, I noticed from the specs that the bike is equipped with a rear suspension called Full Floater Pro. I already knew the name Full Floater because it is a progressive damping suspension widely used by Suzuki in the ‘‘80s. […]